#A97E40#A97E40

#A97E40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.096 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97E40
RGB	rgb(169, 126, 64)
HSL	hsl(35, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(35, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 62.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, 9.74, 39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 40.79, 76.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% 0.0256 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.096 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7499, 23.7287, 8.1260)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97E40 #406BA9

analogous

#A94A40 #A97E40 #9FA940

triadic

#A97E40 #40A97E #7E40A9

tetradic

#A97E40 #40A94A #406BA9 #A9409F

square

#A97E40 #40A94A #406BA9 #A9409F

split-complementary

#A97E40 #409FA9 #4A40A9

monochromatic

#503C1E #7D5D2F #A97E40 #C49C62 #D5B88F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#A97E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#A97E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97E40

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97E40	1.00	3.66	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E803A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 126, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.096 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a377',
    500: '#a97e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97e40;
$custom-light: #c6a377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.429,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62269,
    "c": 0.09558,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97E40

secondary

#859DC0

accent

#88D553

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F3ED

border

#D1CDC8

text

#130F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97E40

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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